This is a hypothetical situation but I would really like to hear your opinion.
So the person (diagnosed with Bp but doing good ever since) finally gets a well paid and permanent job position but he doesn’t like it from the start. Yet the person continues to work hard and keeps trying to get along, but over the time, gradually, stress and the pressure causes this person to fall into depression and find itself unable to work. He/she takes two days off, calls the psychiatrist and raises the meds.
So what would you choose: job or mental stability, a job you don’t like which brings you stress and depression or leaving the job and enter another episode of also stressful searching for an income.
I think there’s a lot of variables. For a single person, leaving the job might not be as big of a deal. For me, who supports 6 of us on my income alone, I have to keep the job over mental stability.
I chose job. Wrong choice! Wish I had quit much earlier, as it took a toll on my physical health and helped push me into suicidal ideation and psychosis.
I’d choose to keep the job. As well as treating the depression, obviously. I’m inclined to think that if not liking a job has one fall into depression, the depression has not been treated adequately yet. I think this is a matter of personal preference, also pertaining to some other mental disorders: I there is a balance to be struck between how much treatment ( be that of a pharmacological or psychotherapeutical nature ) one is willing to administer, and how much change in other activities in life one is willing to accept. Some personal preferences, values, priorities enter here. For example: I greatly value the company of my friends. Were I to suffer from thought broadcasting while in their company, I would want to either up my medication or my coping skills to be able to handle this symptom. I could also choose to isolate, instead, and then there would be less need for medication or coping skills. Yet seeing my friends is a priority in my life I am not willing to compromise on. Accordingly, I do not consider myself stable enough if my symptoms conflict with this. Of course, everything gets complicated by side-effects. Fortunately, coping skills do not have these.
I live it everyday, Good jobs are hard to find that pay well, stress will come from a job he likes and a job he may not like. I would keep the job at the same time keeping a eye out for something he might feel is better.
The old say " the grass is greener on the other side" not always so.
I love my job because of my students, but the teachers I’m working with, as well as a stressful situation this year has made work really difficult. So, I’ve used up all of my sick days. But I can’t quit; I have bills to pay.
Sometimes work is awesome, and sometimes it’s rough, just like life. You don’t quit. But if you can find another job, then you can switch jobs.
Aside from paying bills, having a job is an important part of my functioning.
I’m going through a similar scenario right now. I don’t want to quit the job. I actually like the job, but the hours are causing me a lot of stress, and if I have another episode, it could mean losing a lot, not just income.
Thank you guys for replying. Its indeed a hard decision. I think the best solution would be to try to put depression under control and keep patience while looking for some other options.
My first choice would be a job that I enjoy, that keeps me busy and gives me purpose. However, I am in a position where I can’t work without being stressed out. I hope to be well enough, when I finish college, to be able to work. I have a few years. Lord knows I am seriously tired of living with my bitchy dad.
The nature of work is that it generally isn’t fun. If it was, we’d be paying them to let us do it instead of them paying us. It’s all about finding something you can stomach and then leave behind when you clock out. Do I love being an insurance broker? God no. Is what I do necessary? Absolutely, and I do help people every day. But it’s not how I’d like to be spending my time.
Also, if you’re going to go bonkers, make sure someone pays you for it.
I agree with @anon68237654. There’s a lot of variables. I also agree with whoever said to maybe get a new, less stressful job. My jobs aren’t high status but I have been at working and I get VERY stressed out at one task but I keep going and 10 minutes later after I’m done, they switch me to a another task and I feel fine. I’ve worked for 35 years. I’ve worked for years when I was batsh*t crazy most of the time. I’ve worked when I was two steps away from needing to go to the hospital. I wouldn’t recommend it at all for anyone else and it wasn’t probably smart but I survived. Everybody has their own threshold of stress tolerance. People tolerate stress differently. I’ve stayed at certain jobs I’ve hated for years. Maybe I’m a bad example for this thread, I’m not sure. @Sarad, I guess I would say protect your mental health. It’s hard to say.
